Primer: Defending the Rights of Refugees and Migrants in the Digital Age
Digital technology interventions are increasingly shaping and delivering the migration management and asylum policies of states. While Amnesty International and other civil society organizations have long documented grave human rights violations by governments in deterring, preventing, pushing back and punishing people on the move, including refugees and asylum seekers, more recently these policies and practices have become overlaid with rapidly expanding digital technology capabilities developed by private tech companies. The proliferation of digital technologies and so called “smart border” technology has created new forms of private-public partnerships, and with them a gamut of human rights threats. From electronic monitoring, satellites, and drones to facial recognition, “lie detectors” and iris scanning, there is a growing and urgent need to investigate and understand these technologies and their impact.
| Full title | Primer: Defending the Rights of Refugees and Migrants in the Digital Age |
|---|---|
| Author | Unspecified |
| Publisher | Amnesty International |
| Year | 2024 |
| Media type | Broshure / PDF |
| Link | https://www.amnesty.de/sites/default/files/2024-02/Amnesty-Briefing-Migration-Schutzsuchende-Ueberwachung-digitale-Technologien-Februar-2024.pdf |
| Topics | Border and Surveillance Technology & Industry |
| Regions | All Regions |